The reborn businesswoman is the queen

Chapter 308 Bumping the scandal
The Feng Shui of the Eastern Wei Dynasty seems to be not very good recently.

After one major case after another, even the year was not going well, and troubles broke out again.On the ninth day of the first lunar month, it was supposed to be a day for civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to recuperate at home and reunite with their families, but everyone's peace was still broken.

Qiao Fengqi, the new head of the chamber of commerce, was almost assassinated in his mansion on the night of the eighth day.Except for some of the assassins who escaped, the rest were either captured or turned into corpses.Qiao's mother was full of resentment, with blood and tears in her eyes, and asked people to carry Qiao Fengqi's seriously injured body, and went straight to the palace to kowtow and express her grievances.

Early in the morning, ordinary people who are used to getting up early surrounded Qiao's mother and son on the inner, third and outer floors, curiously asking what was going on.

After Qiao Fengqi became the leader of the chamber of commerce, he would go down to the fields from time to time to chat with the common people about prices and ask about real estate.In addition, as soon as he arrived in the capital, whenever there was a festival, he would always open a house to give alms, and he would help out if there was a disaster.Who in Beijing doesn't know Qiao Fengqi?
As soon as they saw Qiao Fengqi covered in blood on the stretcher, the people complained and scolded those who beat him so cruelly.

There were also people who asked many ways, and soon learned what happened, and Qiao's mother's voice for grievances became stronger and stronger.

Emperor Wu had just woken up when he got the news. Recently, several concubines had accidents one after another. He was in an extremely bad mood. He didn't rest in the harem during the New Year's Eve, and slept directly in the Zhaode Hall.

Qiao Fengqi was a courtier he valued more, since Qiao Fengqi came to power, he has given him a lot of advice that is beneficial to the society.When Emperor Wu heard that something happened to Qiao Fengqi, his first reaction was that someone intended to get rid of Qiao Fengqi and win the position of leader of the chamber of commerce.There were many suspicious people here, and he couldn't figure out who it was for a while, so he asked as he walked, "Qi Chun, who do you think did this thing?"

"There is also competition between merchants, and the slaves have lived in the deep palace for a long time, so I really can't figure it out." Qi Chun shook his head and smiled wryly.

Emperor Wu snorted coldly: "Do you think it's possible that Mu Zhizhao did it?"

However, Emperor Wu just asked, and quickly dispelled his doubts.The leaders of Qiao Fengqi's chamber of commerce were all appointed by Mu Zhizhao, and there was no reason for Mu Zhizhao to treat Qiao Fengqi like this.He also heard privately that the relationship between the Qiao family and the Mu family is good now, and Qiao Fengqi has also fallen in love with a little girl next to Mu Yunge, and has formally proposed to marry her.

Qi Chun had an idea with him: "Master Mu is tolerant, if you really want this position, there is no need to spend so much trouble."

"Let's listen first." Emperor Wu rubbed his brows exhaustedly, for some reason, he suddenly missed Concubine Degui's soft fingers, and the strength she massaged himself was always just right.

Thinking of Concubine De Gui, the burden on my heart was even heavier.

When Emperor Wu arrived at Zhengda Guangming Hall, the forbidden army had already helped Qiao's mother lead him into the hall.Mei Shaoqing had received Wei Shi's edict earlier, and had been waiting in the imperial hospital. As soon as she received the order, she immediately rushed to Zhengda Guangming Hall for treatment.

From Mu Yunge's handwriting, the injury looked extremely serious, but it was actually just a few cuts.Mei Shaoqing sewed it up with needles and threads, applied herbs, and then pretended to treat her. He poured Qiao Fengqi a bowl of warm water where the pills had melted, and waited for Qiao Fengqi to wake up and finish telling her story.

However, before that, it was Mother Qiao's battlefield.

With tears in her eyes, Mother Qiao knelt down slowly. She bowed three times and kowtowed nine times before she straightened her waist: "Women of the people see the emperor. May the emperor be blessed and safe, and have a long life!"

The Lord sits high in the Zhengda Guangming Hall, some distance away from the flat ground where he kneels down to have an audience. Emperor Wu narrowed his eyes, and Mother Qiao was against the light. He couldn't see the person's face clearly. She is a rural woman from an ordinary family.

Recalling the materials I read about Qiao Fengqi, his mother made a living by working for others, and her unique embroidery skills were acclaimed, but she was weak and sick, bedridden all year round, and was rarely known to outsiders.With some doubts in his heart, he waved his hand to Qi Chun who was leaning over to ask for instructions, motioning him to step back, and said softly to Mother Qiao who was standing next to her: "Come forward and raise your head."

Mother Qiao walked a short distance on her knees as she said, stopped her progress, and raised her head slightly so that Emperor Wu could see her face clearly.

Emperor Wu's eyes were almost narrowed, and the more he looked at this face, the more he frowned.

Qi Chun took a look as well, and when he saw Qiao's mother's appearance, he immediately gasped in fright, and let out a low voice: "This is not the one who committed suicide in fear of crime..."

Emperor Wu gave him a cross look, Qi Chun knew he had slipped his words, covered his mouth and swallowed the rest of the words.

Qiao's mother fell to the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, the woman is Li Shi, the wife of Qiao Zhenlin, who was the commander of the Imperial Army. The woman knows that His Majesty has hatred for her late husband, and after so many years, she still can't let it go! If Your Majesty is willing to listen to the woman's words , the women are willing to die even if they die!"

"Back then... hmph, back then I treated your Qiao family so generously, but you were wolf-hearted! I trusted Qiao Zhenlin, so I gave him the position of commander of the imperial army, but what about him? Ashamed of the emperor's grace, colluding with foreign enemies, Selling arms, almost handing over my great Wei country to others!" Emperor Wu was furious, slammed the table, and shouted: "You faked your death to deceive me, and let your son come to me under your name, what do you want from me? Forgive you all!"

As long as Emperor Wu thought that he had been kept in the dark these days, he felt uncomfortable!
Qiao Fengqi's surname is also Qiao. When Qiao Fengqi was used, he had some doubts, but after thinking about it, there are so many people with the same surname in the world, so he didn't take it to heart. He didn't expect that they were really old people!
"My husband was wronged! My wife was wronged!" Qiao's mother wept bitterly, fell on the ground and kowtowed heavily, shouting for injustice.

Emperor Wu didn't want to hear what she said at all, and interrupted her with a wave of his hand: "Come here, pull it out, and cut it off!"

The imperial army was about to step forward, and Qiao's mother hurriedly hugged Qiao Fengqi in her arms, but she did not show a trace of panic on her face, but said decisively: "Your Majesty wants to kill the peasant woman and her son, and the peasant woman has nothing to say. But doesn’t Your Majesty want to hear the truth of those years? Could it be that after all these years, Your Majesty has never suspected that there is some hidden secret behind my late husband’s treason and collaborating with the country without any reason?”

"Hidden feelings?" Emperor Wu's face was as dark as a pot lid: "He is determined to climb higher, this is hidden love!"

"Your Majesty, back then my husband was wronged and his wife was thrown into the icy lake, pretending to commit suicide in fear of crime, in order to cover up a shocking scandal!" Mother Qiao knocked her head on the ground, quietly In the Zhengda Guangming Palace, the lingering sound reverberates, making people palpitating and uneasy.

Qi Chun saw that her face was covered with blood, and she looked terribly frightened, so she covered her mouth in shock.

Mother Qiao didn't care about the blood on her head. Qiao Fengqi said that once this matter was exposed, she would not have much time left, and she must push everything to the point of no return before Emperor Wu made a decision.

Emperor Wu's anger had already burned to the top of his head. The old incident was a thorn in his heart and he couldn't touch it. He almost roared: "Forbidden Army, what are you doing? You still don't pull people out! Pull them out!"

Immediately, without any further hesitation, the imperial guards grabbed Qiao's mother's hands from left to right, and were about to drag him out.

Qiao's mother's hand separated from Qiao Fengqi's arm, and her emotions also became agitated. At this time, what she needs to do most is to calm down, calm down again!

There is still some distance to be dragged from under the throne to the outside of the hall. Mother Qiao is still being dragged by the imperial guards, not struggling, but the corner of her mouth reveals a ferocious and indifferent smile, full of sarcasm: "Your Majesty has been raising other people's children all these years." Son, but hold that son in the palm of his hand like a treasure! If this son still inherits the throne in the future, that would be great, and he will give away the great river and mountain without knowing it! Haha, funny, funny!"

"Stop!" Emperor Wu's expression changed, he slowly stood up from the dragon chair, frowned and took a step forward: "What did you say? What do you mean?"

Qiao's mother pinned the loose hair behind her ears, straightened her clothes, went back to the front of the imperial court, stood by Qiao Fengqi's side, and knelt down upright: "Everything the woman said is true, there is absolutely no falsehood, Your Majesty is a wise king, you can listen to this story before deciding whether to kill the woman and her son!"

Emperor Wu glanced at Qi Chun, how dare Qi Chun look at him, he lowered his head and pretended not to know.

Emperor Wu stood in front of the dragon chair and walked a few steps before sneering: "You say, if you dare to deceive the emperor again, you will definitely be executed!"

Qiao's mother finally breathed a sigh of relief, but everything was not a foregone conclusion. She didn't dare to relax, and held Qiao Fengqi's hand, as if she had infinite courage: "20 years ago, the women just gave birth to Qi, and even The confinement has not yet come out, it is the happiness that is full of eyes..."

She is the concubine daughter of the famous Li family in Beijing. When she married Qiao Zhenlin, Qiao Zhenlin was only a lieutenant general and was not favored by everyone.But in less than a year, Qiao Zhenlin was promoted to the commander of Jeju, and she was pregnant with Liujia, which was a double happiness.The Qiao family thought she was a lucky star, and Qiao Zhenlin also treated her very well. There was no in-laws making things difficult for her, and no concubines worrying about her.

That night, Qiao Zhenlin came back very late, and as soon as he entered the house, he hugged the child tightly, with a sad look on his face.

Qiao's mother felt uneasy and asked again and again, Qiao Zhenlin told her a secret.

It turned out that when he came back from patrolling the city for defense today, when he passed a side hall in the south of the palace city, he overheard a terrible secret.

A man and a woman were talking in a low voice inside, and the man asked: "I haven't seen Quan'er for a few days, when you enter the palace tomorrow, you take the child to the imperial garden, I will accompany your majesty through there, and I will take a look at it when the time comes he."

"Okay, counting, you father and son haven't seen each other for seven or eight days. Yesterday, Quan'er told me that he missed Uncle Ji." The girl said softly, and suddenly acted coquettishly again: "Damn ghost, these If the sky doesn't come, just say son, you don't want me?"

"Think about it!" said the man.

The woman asked softly, "Where do you miss me?"

The man chuckled a few times: "Think here, think here too..."

"I hate it!" The woman scolded a few words with a charming smile, and then exclaimed, laughing and fell into the man's arms, and the two quickly rolled into a ball.

Through a gap in the forest, Qiao Zhenlin saw a man and a woman hiding by the stone pavilion in front of them doing rebellious things.The moon was shining brightly, and the faces of these two people could be seen very clearly. It was the most honorable woman in the whole world, and the man beside her was a small official under Zhongshu's sect!
(End of this chapter)